Glasgow 2014: Scotland's unbeatable bowlers claim hat-trick of titles.. and now they're going on a pub crawl to celebrate

Alex Marshall (second right) collected his second gold of the tournament after his team's victory over England in the Fours (Image: SNS Group / Craig Watson)

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SCOTLAND’S unbeatable bowlers sealed a golden hat-trick last night – then vowed to party in every bar in town.

The Lionel Messi of bowls, team captain Alex “Tattie” Marshall, led our Fours team to glory against England to add to his gold in the Pairs, and Arbroath bobby Darren Burnett then sent the Kelvingrove crowd into raptures yet again.

Darren took the singles title and clinched Team Scotland’s 17th gold.

And earlier, Dan Purvis made it two golds in two days for our gymnasts with a dramatic triumph on the parallel bars.

Many modern athletes “celebrate” their victories with an energy drink, an ice bath and an early night.

But our bowling green heroes will paint the town red. Asked how they planned to mark their achievement, Tattie’s Pairs partner Paul Foster replied: “In every pub in Glasgow.”

He added: “We’ll be celebrating together. We’ll enjoy the next few nights.”

Paul joined Tattie, David Peacock and Neil Speirs in the Fours team who saw off their English friends and rivals with a convincing 16-8 victory.

England star Andrew Knapper would be forgiven for being sick of the sight of the Scots.

He and partner Sam Tolchard were on the receiving end of Tattie and Paul’s amazing comeback in the Pairs semi, capped off by Tattie’s joyous “get it up ye” celebration gesture.

Then yesterday, Andrew took another Tattie mashing in the Fours.

But after the match, he said: “I’ve had a great time in Glasgow and I’d love to buy the Scottish boys a drink.”

Andrew added: “The crowds were very fair and very even.

“The Scottish boys got a rapturous response but if we played a good shot we got the credit we deserved. It was a warm atmosphere in every way and an unforgettable experience.”

Andrew took no offence at Tattie’s victory gesture in the semi and agreed with Alex that there was nothing anti-English about it.

He said: “All’s fair in love and war, and in sport especially. We have a great rivalry with the Scottish boys but there’s no nasty edge to it.”

Tattie insisted yesterday’s victory was “won as a team”. He added: “All the guys deserve the credit, not just me and Paul. We play as a team and we win as a team.”

Tattie, Paul, David and Neil celebrated together at the end of their match with a joyous huddle in the middle of the green.

And a few hours later, Darren turned the Fab Four into the Famous Five with his 21-9 singles final victory over Ryan Bester of Canada.

He’s about the only policeman in Scotland to get time off for the Commonwealth Games. But he revealed that his mates aren’t bitter about it and have been cheering him all the way to victory.

Darren, 38, said: “The whole of the police have been behind me 100 per cent. As you come through the security gates you get the old ‘you better win’ sort of thing off them.

“I’m due back at work next week some time. My boss said I might get an extra day off if I won the gold, so I’ll hold him to that.”

Over at the Hydro, the sporting action could hardly have been more different.

But the emotions were just as raw after Dan, the last of the eight parallel bars finalists, produced a display full of guts, strength and skill to pip England’s Nile Wilson to gold by a tenth of a point.

Liverpool-born Dan, 23, whose mum is from Dundee, fought back tears on the rostrum as the crowd sang Flower of Scotland.

He’d matched pal Daniel Keatings’s pommel horse gold of the day before, and finally made it to the top step after taking silver in the team event and bronze on the rings.

Afterwards, he said: “I’m so made up with that. I almost welled up.

“My family are here, and with the Scottish crowd cheering behind me I was so proud.”

Boxing moves from the SECC to the Hydro for the finals today, and two Scots lads will be going for gold.

Light-welterweight Josh Taylor, 23, from Prestonpans, East Lothian, set up a final clash with Junias Jonas of Namibia with a unanimous points win over Sam Maxwell of England.

Lanark lad Charlie Flynn, 20, made the lightweight final with a split decision over Joe Cordina of Wales and will fight Joe Fitzpatrick of Northern Ireland for gold.

But there was disappointment for 19-year-old Motherwell flyweight Reece McFadden when he lost a split decision to Aussie Andrew Moloney and had to settle for bronze.

And Gorbals joiner Stephen Lavelle, 23, lost his heavyweight semi to David Light of New Zealand.